Improvement in side-spring vehicles



6 lNS/ENTORJ. Mm rde* C; `f ATTORNEYS.

N.PE\'ERS, PHOTWLITNOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEOE.A

MONROE THEOOP AND WILLIAM E. DOYLE, OE BANTAM FALLS, OONN.

IMPROVEMENT lN SIDE-SPRING VEHICLES'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o.V l92,033, dated June 12, 1877; application filed May 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MONROE THROOP and WILLIAM H. DOYLE, of Bantam Falls, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut,

' specication, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a representation of a plan view of our side-spring buggy-gear. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section.; and Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe same.

The nature of our invention relates to sidespring buggy-gears; and it consists in an improvement in hanging side-spring buggies, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

'I he` annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates our invention.

'A represent the front head-block, and B is the rear axle, connected by means of the inclined reaches C C. The front ends of these l reaches are comparatively close together,

while their rear ends are spread farther apart, as shown.

D D represent braces, which connect the `front ends of the reachesG C with the ends of the headblock, said braces being attached to the head-block`by means of clips aa, which form jacks E E on top ofthe head-block.

These jacks are stationary on the headblock, and the front ends of the side springs G G are .pivoted to them; hence the front ends of said springs will not work forward and back.

The rear endsof the springs G are pivoted in jacks I I, formed on the ends of crankarms b b upon the ends of a rod or shaft, H,

and one in the middle.

hung in boxes d d under the center of the hind axle B. This prevents all swaying inotion forward or sidewise, or tipping On one side.

The rod or shaft H is hung under the center of the axle, and the arms b, with thejacks I, are of such shape that the spring-ieyccomes over the center of the axle on top when the buggy is not loaded; and as the buggy is being loaded, and the springs lengthen, therod turns perfectly easy, equalizing the weight on both springs, and there is no strain on the gear endwise.

The ordinary way of hanging brings a heavy strain on the reaches, and usually three reaches have to be employed, one near each spring By our invention only two reaches are needed, arranged in the manner shown. y

What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a side spring buggy,- the combination, with the head-block A and hind axle B, ofthe side springs G G, the Vstationary jacks El!) on the head-block, and the shaft- H under the hind axle, provided with arms b b and :jacks I I, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the block A, hind axle B, reaches O C, braces D D, jacks E E, springs Gr G, and the shaft H with arms b b and j'acks I l, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the nbove we havehereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

MONROE THROOP. WILLIAM H. DDYLE. Witnesses: .t

HENRY B. GEovEn, L. M. JOHNSON.` 

